6.7.32
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 6 / 6.7.32
अपि वा तदधिकारान् मनुष्यधर्मः स्यात्
api vā tadadhikārān manuṣyadharmaḥ syāt
The line
Even or, tadadhikāra (तदधिकार), a compound: manuṣya (मनुष्य), and dharma, a property, it would be, let it be granted.
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 6. Who may perform. Eligibility, and the way substances are tied to an act. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: api (अपि) + vā (वा) + tadadhikārān (तदधिकारान्) + manuṣya-dharmaḥ (मनुष्य-धर्मः) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| api (अपि) | indeclinable | also, even |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| tadadhikārān (तदधिकारान्) | accusative plural, masculine | tadadhikāra (तदधिकार) |
| manuṣya-dharmaḥ (मनुष्य-धर्मः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: manuṣya (मनुष्य), and dharma, a property. Read it from the end |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
api (अपि) is also, even. It stands as indeclinable. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable. tadadhikārān (तदधिकारान्) is tadadhikāra (तदधिकार). It stands as accusative plural, masculine.
manuṣya-dharmaḥ (मनुष्य-धर्मः) is a compound: manuṣya (मनुष्य), and dharma, a property. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
manuṣya-dharmaḥ (मनुष्य-धर्मः) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss tadadhikārān (तदधिकारान्) and manuṣya-dharmaḥ (मनुष्य-धर्मः).